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Curl Gel

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Thickening Gel

Product category and function

Curl Gel

Thickening Gel

Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax	Gel, Custard, Pomade & Wax
Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.	Strong-hold products for precise styling and texture.
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Ingredient highlights

Curl Gel

Thickening Gel

Ingredient info	Ingredient info
Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free cruelty-free	Alcohol-free Paraben-free SLS-free Mica-free Fragrance-free

Full ingredient list

Curl Gel

Thickening Gel

No. of common ingredients = 0
Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, behentrimonium methosulfate, wheat amino acids, benzyl alcohol, hydrolyzed silk, caryodendron orinocense seed oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, polysorbate 60, phenoxyethanol, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium sulfite, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, citronellol, limonene 11	Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

No. of common ingredients = 0

Total Number of ingredients = 38

Total Number of ingredients = 22

Water/aqua/eau, glycerin, cetearyl alcohol, aloe barbadensis leaf extract, cocos nucifera (coconut) oil, behentrimonium methosulfate, wheat amino acids, benzyl alcohol, hydrolyzed silk, caryodendron orinocense seed oil, cocos nucifera (coconut) fruit extract, rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, peg-60 hydrogenated castor oil, cetrimonium chloride, citric acid, hydroxyethylcellulose, guar hydroxypropyltrimonium chloride, ethylhexylglycerin, disodium edta, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, phenethyl alcohol, caprylyl glycol, polysorbate 60, phenoxyethanol, disodium phosphate, sodium phosphate, sodium sulfite, fragrance/parfum, benzyl benzoate, hexyl cinnamal, amyl cinnamal, hydroxycitronellal, linalool, citronellol, limonene

Aqua/water/eau, sorbitol, glycerin, aminomethyl propanol, carbomer, octylacrylamide/acrylates/butylaminoethyl methacrylate copolymer, phenoxyethanol, panthenol, amodimethicone, peg-40 hydrogenated castor oil, parfum/fragrance, trideceth-12, mentha arvensis leaf oil, mentha piperita (peppermint) oil, benzyl salicylate, cetrimonium chloride, hexyl cinnamal, citric acid, alpha-isomethyl ionone, limonene, linalool, citronellol

Notable ingredients

Curl Gel

Thickening Gel

Soothing: Wheat amino acids, Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract

Antioxidant: Rosmarinus officinalis (rosemary) leaf extract, Sodium sulfite

Solvent: Water/aqua/eau, Benzyl alcohol, Benzyl benzoate, Glycerin, Helianthus annuus (sunflower) seed oil, Limonene

Soothing: Panthenol

Solvent: Aqua/water/eau, Glycerin, Limonene

Anti-microbial: Cetrimonium chloride, Phenoxyethanol

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Ingredients with their functions

Curl Gel

Thickening Gel

Water/aqua/eau

Also-called: Aqua, Aqua/Water, Water/Aqua/Eau, Aqua/Water/Eau | Function: Skin conditioning, Solvent

Water serves as a fundamental component in skincare products, often listed as the first ingredient, which means it's the most abundant. It acts as a solvent, helping to dissolve other ingredients and facilitate the application and absorption of products.

Glycerin

Also-called: Glycerol | Function: Skin-identical ingredient, Viscosity controlling, Skin protecting, Skin conditioning, Humectant/Moisturizer, Solvent